Wall Street Journal 2022 07 19 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
“Selma” director DuVernay	AVA
“Young Sheldon” airer	CBS
Compliment paid after a big catch, maybe	ITSABEAUTY
DECLARE DEFINITELY	AVER
Demonstrating buoyancy	AFLOAT
EACH	APOP
ENTERPRISE SPEED UNIT	WARP
Fifty-fifty flips	COINTOSSES
GREEK GOD OF WAR	ARES
PENNILESS	BROKE
STAGE	PHASE
JUNGLE SWINGERS	APES
SOME COURT WORKERS	REFS
LACKEY	MINION
ORDERED PIZZA, SAY	ATEIN
FISH EGGS	ROE
READY TO GO	SET
Grizzled vet	OLDPRO
Inferior, militarily	OFLOWERRANK
Issuance from someone in dire straits	PLEAFORHELP
Kids’ calls	MAAS
Mickey of “The Wrestler”	ROURKE
Monkey in Disney’s “Aladdin”	ABU
Most piddling	MEREST
NASA mission refresher	TANG
Owie kisser, often	MAMA
Payment alternative	IOU
Request for a treat, perhaps	MEOW
Request for a treat, perhaps	ARF
Sacrificial fire	PYRE
Sculptor-architect Maya	LIN
Station wagon stopper	BRAKE
THAT WOMAN	SHE
UNAFFECTED	NATURAL
TOILING	ATIT
NORSE GOD OF WAR	ODIN
FINISH LAST	LOSE
DISTORT	SKEW
Word after covert or special	OPS
DEFAME	LIBEL
DEADLY SHARK	MAKO
CORN UNITS	EARS
Aspiring atty.’s exam	LSAT
A&W RIVAL	BARQS
“The best is ___ come”	YETTO
Playground sight	SEESAW
MORNING MUMBLE	IMUP
LODE CONTENTS	ORE
LETTERS BEFORE A PSEUDONYM	AKA
Scot’s denial	NAE
MOVES UP AND DOWN	BOBS
Informal group email opener	HIALL
DEUCE FOLLOWER	ADIN
At a club until it closes, perhaps	OUTLATE
Second-largest city of Italia	MILANO
Hamilton’s bill	TEN
Singer-songwriter Paul	ANKA
Jacob’s twin	ESAU
THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS	SATAN
TRIBAL LEADERS	ELDERS
Twinings offerings	TEAS

“Selma” director DuVernay

AVA

“Young Sheldon” airer

CBS

Compliment paid after a big catch, maybe

ITSABEAUTY

DECLARE DEFINITELY

AVER

Demonstrating buoyancy

AFLOAT

EACH

APOP